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Archive >  Ambulatory Anesthesia 2009

Keeping Watch Over High-risk Patients

Anesthesia providers use high-tech monitors like capnographs and pulse oximeters to make effective interventions when they matter most

Jay Horowitz, CRNA

How's this for a challenge? I recently cared for a male patient in his 70s who was morbidly obese, presented with a pacemaker/defibrillator, had prior coronary artery bypass surgery and was on 3 drugs to control high blood pressure. Any anesthesia provider facing these risk factors would want a high-tech monitoring device plugged into each monitor input port. Luckily, the latest monitoring technology is well-suited for managing such daunting cases.

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